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The Programs

Discover how you’ll make a difference as a Jewish professional.

About our Undergraduate Fellowship

Our Undergraduate Fellowship is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for rising college juniors to:
Spend the Spring semester of their junior year studying abroad in Israel,
Explore their Jewish identity and how it fits into a larger Jewish context, and
Take the first step toward a career that will make a difference in the world.
As one of 35 fellows from across the Jewish-identity spectrum, you will study at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, live in the community with other students, and determine what your role will be in the future of Jewish life.

Then, once you’ve completed our Undergraduate Fellowship, you qualify to apply for our Graduate Fellowship -- a way to continue the pursuit of your passion and career at the graduate level with support from The Nachshon Project.

If you have passion, curiosity, and a desire for tikkun olam, we hope you’ll join us as an Undergraduate Fellow!
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What you’ll learn on The Nachshon Project:

Career
Exploration

Jewish 
Learning

Israel 
Engagement

Peer
Networking

Explore career opportunities in Jewish communal service and learn where you can make the biggest impact, find the most meaning, and be the most fulfilled.
Learn with top educators from all different Jewish backgrounds as you take a deep dive into core Jewish texts, and grapple with your own personal Jewish identity.
Learn about the social and political and religious aspects of the land, people, and country of Israel, and explore Israel's constantly-changing role in organized American Jewish life.
Meet, bond, and learn together with a diverse group of future Jewish community leaders who will become your nationwide network of colleagues and friends for life.

Careers

Explore Jewish communal careers to find where you can make the biggest impact, find the most meaning, and be most fulfilled.

Jewish Learning

Learn with top educators from all different Jewish backgrounds as you take a deep dive into core Jewish ideas and texts, and grapple with your personal Jewish identity.

Israel Engagement

Learn about the social, political and religious aspects of the land, people, and country of Israel, and explore the changing Israel-Diaspora relationship and Israel’s role in organized American Jewish life.

Cohort Building

Meet, bond, and grow with a diverse group of future Jewish community leaders who will become your nationwide network of colleagues and friends for life.

Watch and Learn: The Nachshon Project Up Close

  • About The Nachshon Project

    Brandeis University
  • The Nachshon Project 2019

  • The World Will Know Our Names

  • What's Your Question

  • To Engage the Complexity

  • Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

    The case for a meaningful Jewish career
  • Today's Students

  • Natan Sharansky

    Finding strength through Jewish identity
  • Shimon Peres

    Jewish Leadership Grounded in the Bible
  • Rick Recht & Sheldon Low

    Greetings from the Holy Land

Watch and Learn: The Nachshon Project Up Close

  • About The Nachshon Project

    A Semester in Israel

    The World Will Know Our Names

  • What's Your Question

    To Engage the Complexity

    Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

    The case for a meaningful Jewish career
  • Today's Students

    Natan Sharansky

    Finding strength through Jewish identity

    Shimon Peres

    Jewish Leadership Grounded in the Bible
  • Rick Recht and Sheldon Low

    Greetings from the Holy Land

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn how you’ll spend your time throughout your participation in The Nachshon Project Fellowship, and get answers to some of the most frequently asked questions.
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Are you ready to take the first step
on your path to a Jewish career?
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